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IF YOU GREW up in Ireland, you’ll be only too familiar with the crippling, overwhelming fear that comes with Leaving Cert results day.
Your future happiness, all your chances in life, are hanging in the balance.
Your entire fate rests in the three digits that are about to be revealed to you – or does it?
Hundreds of thousands of young men and women are about to go through that ritual nightmare when they get their results this coming Wednesday, so we thought we’d test the idea that this set of exams determines the course of the rest of your life.
Imagine you could travel back in time, and for some masochistic reason you picked that day, of all days, to return to – what would say to your poor, terrified 17 or 18-year-old self?
Whether you walked away with 600 points without breaking a sweat, or missed out on your first five CAO choices, you know a lot more now than you thought you did five, 10, 30 years ago.
This question provoked an avalanche of beard-stroking nostalgia and unresolved bitterness among the team at TheJournal.ie – here’s a flavour of the responses, which ranged from the philosophical…
Embrace the art of positive spin. How you sell your results to your parents will be the impression the rest of your family get, so don’t talk about how you should’ve studied more.Just getting into college gives you plenty of options so don’t obsess on what choice you got.
to the weirdly specific…
Don’t worry about failing chemistry, it’s your fault for taking it just because you fancied the teacher anyway.
And from brutal honesty…
Get a haircut.
…to hard-won wisdom…
Nothing is ever as bad as it seems.
Enough about us – this is your chance to roll back the years, maybe save a few quid on therapy, and speak directly to your former self.
So – what advice would you give yourself on Leaving Cert results day?
Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
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All the money is going to the Children’s Hospital, though the HSE will deny that.
@Chin Feeyin: primary care has its own budget funding HCPs has always been a nightmare. They should be auditing every package in the country to see if hours are still needed.
Maybe that’s why my father in-law of 90 years of age was refused home help, even though the district nurse put it in as urgently needed
I see the amount of money they waste daily and I can tell you with a small amount of initiative theyd save billions but the top brass could care less
I’m sure Simon Harris with his vast amount of experience in the field of health will sort this out in a flash. We should feel confident that such a giant political figure is top man at the HSE.
@Gus Sheridan: He is such a powerful performer that he never even had to hold down a real job in his life. How amazing is that?!
the audacity of elderly people hoping for some assistance after working and contributing through some of the most lean times in irish history those who tightened their belts while their leaders bought their shirts in paris and danced ring a rosie with the cassock clad soldiers of evil how dare they look for comfort or care …
That’s very little to spend on home are a year ,that’s ONLY €338 a YEAR ie 0.92cent a DAY!
Meanwhile Ireland spends over €14m a DAY on National Debt servicing,….€583,333 an HOUR!If FG fought to get a better deal from Troika in 2011 as Prof Mody said they could have done then we ‘d have alot more to spend in public services,etc!
I have a friend who is 91, lives alone, and waiting for a home care package. She is vulnerable and at risk. Her extended family helps at random times but she has always been independent and finds it difficut to be in a position to need assistance.
If you vote for FFG you will only get more of this
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